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170 relations: Acceleration, Achondrite, Albedo, Aluminium-26, Apparent magnitude, Apsis, Asteroid belt, Asteroids in fiction, Astronomical symbols, Astronomical unit, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Astronomy & Geophysics, Axial tilt, Basalt, BBC Online, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Binoculars, Breccia, Calcium–aluminium-rich inclusion, Capricornus, Carbon, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Ceres (dwarf planet), Cetus, Chondrite, Claudia (crater), Conjunction (astronomy), Constellation, Convection, Crust (geology), Crystallization, Cygnus (constellation), Dawn (spacecraft), Declination, Deep Impact (spacecraft), Diameter, Diogenite, Discovery Program, Divalia Fossa, Dwarf planet, Ecliptic, Edward Charles Pickering, Ellipsoid, Elongation (astronomy), Eucrite, European Space Agency, Extrusive rock, Feralia Planitia, G-force, Graben, ..., Grand Canyon, Gravity assist, Greece, Harvard College Observatory, HED meteorite, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Hestia, Howardite, Hubble Space Telescope, Hydrostatic equilibrium, Igneous rock, Impact event, International Astronomical Union, Invariable plane, Io (moon), Ion thruster, Iron meteorite, Ithaca Chasma, James L. Hilton, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Julian day, Julian year (astronomy), Kelvin, Kirkwood gap, Lava, Leo (constellation), Light curve, Light pollution, List of exceptional asteroids, List of largest rifts, canyons and valleys in the Solar System, List of tallest mountains in the Solar System, Lithification, Lunar meteorite, Magma, Mantle (geology), Martian meteorite, Max Planck Society, Mercury (planet), Metamorphic rock, Minor planet designation, Modern Greek, Moon, Naked eye, NASA, NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, Neptune, New Scientist, Northern Hemisphere, Occultation, Olivine, Opposition (planets), Orbital eccentricity, Orbital resonance, Pakistan, Perihelion and aphelion, Perturbation (astronomy), Phaeton (hypothetical planet), Photometry (astronomy), Pigeonite, Plagioclase, Planetary core, Planetary Data System, Planetary differentiation, Planetesimal, Pluto, Pluton, Prime meridian, Protoplanet, Pyroxene, Quasi-satellite, Radiation pressure, Radioactive decay, Regolith, Retrograde and prograde motion, Rheasilvia, Right ascension, Roman mythology, Sacred fire of Vesta, Sample-return mission, Saturnalia Fossa, Sky & Telescope, Small Solar System body, Solar mass, Solar System, Space weathering, Spacecraft, Speckle imaging, Spectroscopy, Spheroid, Standard Chinese, Sun, Terrestrial planet, Tethys (moon), The Planetary Society, Toulouse Observatory, Types of volcanic eruptions, University of California, Los Angeles, V-type asteroid, Veneneia, Vesta (mythology), Vesta (spacecraft), Vesta family, Vestal Virgin, Virgo (constellation), W. M. Keck Observatory, William Herschel, Yarkovsky effect, 17 Thetis, 1929 Kollaa, 197 Arete, 2 Pallas, 25143 Itokawa, 3 Juno, 3103 Eger, 3551 Verenia, 3908 Nyx, 4055 Magellan, 46 Hestia, 6 Hebe, 81P/Wild. Expand index (120 more) »
Acceleration
In physics, acceleration is the rate of change of velocity of an object with respect to time.
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Achondrite
An achondrite is a stony meteorite that does not contain chondrules.
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Albedo
Albedo (albedo, meaning "whiteness") is the measure of the diffuse reflection of solar radiation out of the total solar radiation received by an astronomical body (e.g. a planet like Earth).
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Aluminium-26
Aluminium-26, 26Al, is a radioactive isotope of the chemical element aluminium, decaying by either of the modes beta-plus or electron capture, both resulting in the stable nuclide magnesium-26.
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Apparent magnitude
The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is a number that is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.
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Apsis
An apsis (ἁψίς; plural apsides, Greek: ἁψῖδες) is an extreme point in the orbit of an object.
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Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the circumstellar disc in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter.
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Asteroids in fiction
Asteroids and asteroid belts are a staple of science fiction stories.
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Astronomical symbols
Astronomical symbols are symbols used to represent astronomical objects, theoretical constructs and observational events in astronomy.
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Astronomical unit
The astronomical unit (symbol: au, ua, or AU) is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Astronomy & Astrophysics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering theoretical, observational, and instrumental astronomy and astrophysics.
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Astronomy & Geophysics
Astronomy & Geophysics (A&G) is a scientific journal and trade magazine published on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) by Oxford University Press.
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Axial tilt
In astronomy, axial tilt, also known as obliquity, is the angle between an object's rotational axis and its orbital axis, or, equivalently, the angle between its equatorial plane and orbital plane.
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Basalt
Basalt is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon.
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BBC Online
BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.
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Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824 – November 26, 1896) was a pioneering American astronomer.
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Binoculars
Binoculars or field glasses are two telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes (binocular vision) when viewing distant objects.
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Breccia
Breccia is a rock composed of broken fragments of minerals or rock cemented together by a fine-grained matrix that can be similar to or different from the composition of the fragments.
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Calcium–aluminium-rich inclusion
A calcium–aluminium-rich inclusion or Ca–Al-rich inclusion (CAI) is a submillimeter- to centimeter-sized light-colored calcium- and aluminium-rich inclusion found in carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.
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Capricornus
Capricornus is one of the constellations of the zodiac.
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Carbon
Carbon (from carbo "coal") is a chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (Gauß; Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 177723 February 1855) was a German mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to many fields, including algebra, analysis, astronomy, differential geometry, electrostatics, geodesy, geophysics, magnetic fields, matrix theory, mechanics, number theory, optics and statistics.
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Ceres (dwarf planet)
Ceres (minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is the largest object in the asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, slightly closer to Mars' orbit.
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Cetus
Cetus is a constellation.
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Chondrite
Chondrites are stony (non-metallic) meteorites that have not been modified due to melting or differentiation of the parent body.
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Claudia (crater)
Claudia is a small (700 meter) crater that defines the prime meridian of asteroid 4 Vesta in the coordinate system used by the Dawn mission team, NASA, and the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, though it is not accepted by the IAU as a whole.
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Conjunction (astronomy)
In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two astronomical objects or spacecraft have either the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude, usually as observed from Earth.
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Constellation
A constellation is a group of stars that are considered to form imaginary outlines or meaningful patterns on the celestial sphere, typically representing animals, mythological people or gods, mythological creatures, or manufactured devices.
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Convection
Convection is the heat transfer due to bulk movement of molecules within fluids such as gases and liquids, including molten rock (rheid).
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Crust (geology)
In geology, the crust is the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite.
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Crystallization
Crystallization is the (natural or artificial) process by which a solid forms, where the atoms or molecules are highly organized into a structure known as a crystal.
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Cygnus (constellation)
Cygnus is a northern constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan.
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Dawn (spacecraft)
Dawn is a space probe launched by NASA in September 2007 with the mission of studying two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres.
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Declination
In astronomy, declination (abbreviated dec; symbol δ) is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system, the other being hour angle.
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Deep Impact (spacecraft)
Deep Impact was a NASA space probe launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 18:47 UTC on January 12, 2005.
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Diameter
In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle.
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Diogenite
Diogenites are a group of the HED meteorite clan, a type of achondritic stony meteorites.
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Discovery Program
NASA's Discovery Program is a series of lower-cost (as compared to New Frontiers or Flagship Programs), highly focused American scientific space missions that are exploring the Solar System.
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Divalia Fossa
Divalia Fossa is the largest of the series of parallel Rheasilvian equatorial troughs on the giant asteroid 4 Vesta.
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Dwarf planet
A dwarf planet is a planetary-mass object that is neither a planet nor a natural satellite.
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Ecliptic
The ecliptic is the circular path on the celestial sphere that the Sun follows over the course of a year; it is the basis of the ecliptic coordinate system.
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Edward Charles Pickering
Prof Edward Charles Pickering FRS(For) HFRSE (July 19, 1846 – February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother to William Henry Pickering.
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Ellipsoid
An ellipsoid is a surface that may be obtained from a sphere by deforming it by means of directional scalings, or more generally, of an affine transformation.
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Elongation (astronomy)
In astronomy, a planet's elongation is the angular separation between the Sun and the planet, with Earth as the reference point.
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Eucrite
Eucrites are achondritic stony meteorites, many of which originate from the surface of the asteroid 4 Vesta and as such are part of the HED meteorite clan.
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European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA; Agence spatiale européenne, ASE; Europäische Weltraumorganisation) is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space.
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Extrusive rock
Extrusive rock refers to the mode of igneous volcanic rock formation in which hot magma from inside the Earth flows out (extrudes) onto the surface as lava or explodes violently into the atmosphere to fall back as pyroclastics or tuff.
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Feralia Planitia
Feralia Planitia is the third-largest known impact crater on the asteroid Vesta, after Rheasilvia and Veneneia.
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G-force
The gravitational force, or more commonly, g-force, is a measurement of the type of acceleration that causes a perception of weight.
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Graben
In geology, a graben is a depressed block of the Earth's crust bordered by parallel faults.
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Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon (Hopi: Ongtupqa; Wi:kaʼi:la, Navajo: Tsékooh Hatsoh, Spanish: Gran Cañón) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.
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Gravity assist
In orbital mechanics and aerospace engineering, a gravitational slingshot, gravity assist maneuver, or swing-by is the use of the relative movement (e.g. orbit around the Sun) and gravity of a planet or other astronomical object to alter the path and speed of a spacecraft, typically to save propellant and reduce expense.
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Greece
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Harvard College Observatory
The Harvard College Observatory (HCO) is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.
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HED meteorite
HED meteorites are a clan (subgroup) of achondrite meteorites.
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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (October 11, 1758 – March 2, 1840) was a German physician and astronomer.
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Hestia
In Ancient Greek religion, Hestia (Ἑστία, "hearth" or "fireside") is a virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity, the family, the home, and the state.
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Howardite
Howardites are achondritic stony meteorites that originate from the surface of the asteroid 4 Vesta, and as such are part of the HED meteorite clan.
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Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation.
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Hydrostatic equilibrium
In fluid mechanics, a fluid is said to be in hydrostatic equilibrium or hydrostatic balance when it is at rest, or when the flow velocity at each point is constant over time.
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Igneous rock
Igneous rock (derived from the Latin word ignis meaning fire), or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.
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Impact event
An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects.
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International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international association of professional astronomers, at the PhD level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy.
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Invariable plane
The invariable plane of a planetary system, also called Laplace's invariable plane, is the plane passing through its barycenter (center of mass) perpendicular to its angular momentum vector.
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Io (moon)
Io (Jupiter I) is the innermost of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter.
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Ion thruster
An ion thruster or ion drive is a form of electric propulsion used for spacecraft propulsion.
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Iron meteorite
Iron meteorites are meteorites that consist overwhelmingly of an iron–nickel alloy known as meteoric iron that usually consists of two mineral phases: kamacite and taenite.
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Ithaca Chasma
Ithaca Chasma is a valley (graben) on Saturn's moon Tethys, named after the island of Ithaca, in Greece.
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James L. Hilton
James Lindsay Hilton (born February 21, 1957) has been an astronomer at the United States Naval Observatory since 1986.
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Johann Hieronymus Schröter
Johann Hieronymus Schröter (30 August 1745, Erfurt – 29 August 1816, Lilienthal) was a German astronomer.
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Julian day
Julian day is the continuous count of days since the beginning of the Julian Period and is used primarily by astronomers.
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Julian year (astronomy)
In astronomy, a Julian year (symbol: a) is a unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of SI seconds each.
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Kelvin
The Kelvin scale is an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale using as its null point absolute zero, the temperature at which all thermal motion ceases in the classical description of thermodynamics.
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Kirkwood gap
A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of the semi-major axes (or equivalently of the orbital periods) of the orbits of main-belt asteroids.
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Lava
Lava is molten rock generated by geothermal energy and expelled through fractures in planetary crust or in an eruption, usually at temperatures from.
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Leo (constellation)
Leo is one of the constellations of the zodiac, lying between Cancer the crab to the west and Virgo the maiden to the east.
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Light curve
In astronomy, a light curve is a graph of light intensity of a celestial object or region, as a function of time.
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Light pollution
Light pollution, also known as photopollution, is the presence of anthropogenic light in the night environment.
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List of exceptional asteroids
The following is a collection of lists of exceptional asteroids in the Solar System.
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List of largest rifts, canyons and valleys in the Solar System
Following are the longest, widest, and deepest rifts and valleys in various worlds of the Solar System.
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List of tallest mountains in the Solar System
This is a list of the tallest mountains in the Solar System.
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Lithification
Lithification (from the Ancient Greek word lithos meaning 'rock' and the Latin-derived suffix -ific) is the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock.
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Lunar meteorite
A lunar meteorite is a meteorite that is known to have originated on the Moon.
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Magma
Magma (from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma) meaning "thick unguent") is a mixture of molten or semi-molten rock, volatiles and solids that is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and is expected to exist on other terrestrial planets and some natural satellites.
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Mantle (geology)
The mantle is a layer inside a terrestrial planet and some other rocky planetary bodies.
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Martian meteorite
A Martian meteorite is a rock that formed on the planet Mars and was then ejected from Mars by the impact of an asteroid or comet, and finally landed on the Earth.
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Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and renamed the Max Planck Society in 1948 in honor of its former president, theoretical physicist Max Planck.
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Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System.
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Metamorphic rock
Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock types, in a process called metamorphism, which means "change in form".
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Minor planet designation
A formal minor planet designation is, in its final form, a number–name combination given to a minor planet (asteroid, centaur, trans-Neptunian object and dwarf planet but not comet).
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Modern Greek
Modern Greek (Νέα Ελληνικά or Νεοελληνική Γλώσσα "Neo-Hellenic", historically and colloquially also known as Ρωμαίικα "Romaic" or "Roman", and Γραικικά "Greek") refers to the dialects and varieties of the Greek language spoken in the modern era.
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Moon
The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.
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Naked eye
Naked eye, also called bare eye or unaided eye, is the practice of engaging in visual perception unaided by a magnifying or light-collecting optical instrument, such as a telescope or microscope.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
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NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (NASA IRTF) is a telescope optimized for use in infrared astronomy and located at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii.
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Neptune
Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System.
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New Scientist
New Scientist, first published on 22 November 1956, is a weekly, English-language magazine that covers all aspects of science and technology.
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Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.
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Occultation
An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer.
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Olivine
The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the formula (Mg2+, Fe2+)2SiO4.
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Opposition (planets)
In positional astronomy, two astronomical objects are said to be in opposition when they are on opposite sides of the celestial sphere, as observed from a given body (usually Earth).
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Orbital eccentricity
The orbital eccentricity of an astronomical object is a parameter that determines the amount by which its orbit around another body deviates from a perfect circle.
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Orbital resonance
In celestial mechanics, an orbital resonance occurs when orbiting bodies exert a regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other, usually because their orbital periods are related by a ratio of small integers.
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Pakistan
Pakistan (پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia.
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Perihelion and aphelion
The perihelion of any orbit of a celestial body about the Sun is the point where the body comes nearest to the Sun.
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Perturbation (astronomy)
In astronomy, perturbation is the complex motion of a massive body subject to forces other than the gravitational attraction of a single other massive body.
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Phaeton (hypothetical planet)
Phaeton (or Phaëton, less often Phaethon) is the hypothetical planet posited to have existed between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter whose destruction supposedly led to the formation of the asteroid belt.
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Photometry (astronomy)
Photometry is a technique of astronomy concerned with measuring the flux, or intensity of an astronomical object's electromagnetic radiation.
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Pigeonite
Pigeonite is a mineral in the clinopyroxene subgroup of the pyroxene group.
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Plagioclase
Plagioclase is a series of tectosilicate (framework silicate) minerals within the feldspar group.
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Planetary core
The planetary core consists of the innermost layer(s) of a planet; which may be composed of solid and liquid layers.
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Planetary Data System
The Planetary Data System (PDS) is a distributed data system that NASA uses to archive data collected by Solar System missions.
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Planetary differentiation
In planetary science, planetary differentiation is the process of separating out different constituents of a planetary body as a consequence of their physical or chemical behaviour, where the body develops into compositionally distinct layers; the denser materials of a planet sink to the center, while less dense materials rise to the surface, generally in a magma ocean.
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Planetesimal
Planetesimals are solid objects thought to exist in protoplanetary disks and in debris disks.
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Pluto
Pluto (minor planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune.
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Pluton
In geology, a pluton is a body of intrusive igneous rock (called a plutonic rock) that is crystallized from magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth.
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Prime meridian
A prime meridian is a meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°.
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Protoplanet
A protoplanet is a large planetary embryo that originated within a protoplanetary disc and has undergone internal melting to produce a differentiated interior.
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Pyroxene
The pyroxenes (commonly abbreviated to Px) are a group of important rock-forming inosilicate minerals found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks.
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Quasi-satellite
A quasi-satellite is an object in a specific type of co-orbital configuration (1:1 orbital resonance) with a planet where the object stays close to that planet over many orbital periods.
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Radiation pressure
Radiation pressure is the pressure exerted upon any surface due to the exchange of momentum between the object and the electromagnetic field.
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Radioactive decay
Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay or radioactivity) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy (in terms of mass in its rest frame) by emitting radiation, such as an alpha particle, beta particle with neutrino or only a neutrino in the case of electron capture, gamma ray, or electron in the case of internal conversion.
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Regolith
Regolith is a layer of loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock.
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Retrograde and prograde motion
Retrograde motion in astronomy is, in general, orbital or rotational motion of an object in the direction opposite the rotation of its primary, that is the central object (right figure).
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Rheasilvia
Rheasilvia is the most prominent surface feature on the asteroid Vesta and is thought to be an impact crater.
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Right ascension
Right ascension (abbreviated RA; symbol) is the angular distance measured only eastward along the celestial equator from the Sun at the March equinox to the (hour circle of the) point above the earth in question.
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Roman mythology
Roman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system, as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans.
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Sacred fire of Vesta
The sacred fire of Vesta was a sacred eternal flame in Ancient Rome.
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Sample-return mission
A sample-return mission is a spacecraft mission with the goal of collecting and returning with tangible samples from an extraterrestrial location to Earth for analysis.
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Saturnalia Fossa
Saturnalia Fossa is the largest of the series of parallel Veneneian troughs in the northern hemisphere of the giant asteroid 4 Vesta.
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Sky & Telescope
Sky & Telescope (S&T) is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy, including the following.
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Small Solar System body
A small Solar System body (SSSB) is an object in the Solar System that is neither a planet, nor a dwarf planet, nor a natural satellite.
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Solar mass
The solar mass is a standard unit of mass in astronomy, equal to approximately.
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Solar System
The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.
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Space weathering
Space weathering is the type of weathering that occurs to any object exposed to the harsh environment of outer space.
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Spacecraft
A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space.
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Speckle imaging
Image:Zeta_bootis_short_exposure.png|Typical short-exposure image of a binary star (Zeta Bootis in this case) as seen through atmospheric seeing.
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Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation.
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Spheroid
A spheroid, or ellipsoid of revolution, is a quadric surface obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with two equal semi-diameters.
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Standard Chinese
Standard Chinese, also known as Modern Standard Mandarin, Standard Mandarin, or simply Mandarin, is a standard variety of Chinese that is the sole official language of both China and Taiwan (de facto), and also one of the four official languages of Singapore.
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Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
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Terrestrial planet
A terrestrial planet, telluric planet, or rocky planet is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals.
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Tethys (moon)
Tethys (or Saturn III) is a mid-sized moon of Saturn about across.
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The Planetary Society
The Planetary Society is an American internationally active, non-governmental, nonprofit foundation.
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Toulouse Observatory
The Toulouse Observatory (Observatoire de Toulouse) is located in Toulouse, France and was established in 1733.
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Types of volcanic eruptions
Several types of volcanic eruptions—during which lava, tephra (ash, lapilli, volcanic bombs and volcanic blocks), and assorted gases are expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure—have been distinguished by volcanologists.
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University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, United States.
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V-type asteroid
A V-type asteroid or Vestoid is an asteroid whose spectral type is that of 4 Vesta.
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Veneneia
Veneneia is the second-largest crater on asteroid 4 Vesta, at 52°S latitude.
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Vesta (mythology)
Vesta is the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman religion.
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Vesta (spacecraft)
Vesta was a planned multiple-asteroid-flyby mission that the Soviet Union was assessed in the 1980s.
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Vesta family
The Vesta or Vestian family of asteroids is a large and prominent grouping of mostly V-type asteroids ("vestoids") in the inner asteroid belt in the vicinity of 4 Vesta.
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Vestal Virgin
In ancient Rome, the Vestals or Vestal Virgins (Latin: Vestālēs, singular Vestālis) were priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth.
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Virgo (constellation)
Virgo is one of the constellations of the zodiac.
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W. M. Keck Observatory
The W. M. Keck Observatory is a two-telescope astronomical observatory at an elevation of 4,145 meters (13,600 ft) near the summit of Mauna Kea in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
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William Herschel
Frederick William Herschel, (Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-born British astronomer, composer and brother of fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel, with whom he worked.
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Yarkovsky effect
The Yarkovsky effect is a force acting on a rotating body in space caused by the anisotropic emission of thermal photons, which carry momentum.
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17 Thetis
17 Thetis, provisional designation, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 90 kilometers in diameter.
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1929 Kollaa
1929 Kollaa, provisional designation, is a stony Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter.
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197 Arete
197 Arete is an asteroid in the asteroid belt.
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2 Pallas
Pallas, minor-planet designation 2 Pallas, is the second asteroid to have been discovered (after Ceres), and is one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System.
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25143 Itokawa
25143 Itokawa (イトカワ,いとかわ,糸川) is a stony sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group and potentially hazardous asteroid, that measures approximately 350 meters in diameter.
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3 Juno
Juno, minor-planet designation 3 Juno in the Minor Planet Center catalogue system, is an asteroid in the asteroid belt.
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3103 Eger
3103 Eger is an Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid that was discovered in 1982, by Miklós Lovas.
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3551 Verenia
3551 Verenia, provisional designation, is an Amor asteroid and a Mars crosser discovered September 12, 1983, by R. Scott Dunbar.
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3908 Nyx
3908 Nyx is an Amor and Mars-crosser asteroid.
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4055 Magellan
4055 Magellan, provisional designation, is a bright and eccentric asteroid and near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter.
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46 Hestia
46 Hestia is a large, dark main-belt asteroid.
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6 Hebe
6 Hebe is a large main-belt asteroid, containing around half a percent of the mass of the belt.
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81P/Wild
Comet 81P/Wild, also known as Wild 2 (pronounced "vilt two"), is a comet named after Swiss astronomer Paul Wild, who discovered it on January 6, 1978, using a 40-cm Schmidt telescope at Zimmerwald, Switzerland.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Vesta
